Tehran [Iran], March 21 (ANI): The United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran’s key uranium enrichment facility in Natanz early Saturday morning, according to Iranian state media outlet Tasnim News Agency.
Tasnim reported that the strike targeted the Natanz nuclear facility, one of Iran’s most significant nuclear sites. The agency said no radioactive leaks had been detected following the attack and that residents living near the facility were not at risk.
The Natanz facility has been repeatedly targeted amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. It was also one of the primary targets during the June 2025 Israel-Iran 12-day war, when Israeli forces launched a series of strikes on Iranian military and nuclear infrastructure. The United States later joined that conflict in support of Israel, according to the report.
The latest strike comes as hostilities between the two sides continue, with both countries carrying out attacks on strategic infrastructure and military facilities.
According to CNN, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told the news outlet that it was not “familiar with any IDF attack on that facility.”
This is the second time the facility has come under attack since the US-Israel conflict with Iran began, CNN reported.
Earlier, CBS News reported on Friday (local time), citing sources briefed on the discussions, that the Trump administration has been strategizing options to extract Iran’s nuclear material.
According to CBS News, while the timing of any such operation, if ordered, remains unclear, one source said that the US president has yet to make a final decision. However, plans have centered around the possible deployment of forces from the Joint Special Operations Command, an elite US military unit often tasked with sensitive counter-proliferation missions.
CBS News reported that as of last summer, Iran had amassed about 972 pounds of 60 percent-enriched uranium, which is a short step away from weapons-grade material, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
It added that much of that uranium remains buried underneath nuclear sites that were bombed by the United States last year as part of Operation Midnight Hammer.
While US officials have said that the Trump administration has not ruled out plans to retrieve Iranian stockpiles, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier this week that “it’s an option on the table for him.” (ANI)
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